Lee Chun-keung
Michael Lee Chun-keung is a Hong Kong engineer and politician. Currently serving as the vice-chairperson of Liberal Party, he was elected as a member of Legislative Council of [Hong Kong |Legislative Council] for the heavily pro-Beijing camp Election Committee constituency since 2021.
Early years
Lee grew up in the Eastern District on Hong Kong Island, whose father ran business on electronic engineering. Lee studied in Clementi Secondary School, and pursued his university studying in Lehigh University, Pennsylvania. He returned to Hong Kong after graduated with Bachelor of Science in Electronic engineering in 1997, and worked in electronic companies.Political career
In 2011 local election, Lee ran in Tsui Tak constituency in Eastern District as the pro-Beijing and pro-business Liberal Party candidate. He beat the incumbent councillor Lui Chi-man and won the seat. He was re-elected in 2015, but was voted out of office in 2019 following the massive 2019–2020 [Hong Kong protests |pro-democracy protest movement].Lee became vice-chairman of the Liberal Party in 2016, and entered the Election Committee, a powerful group heavily skewed the pro-Beijing camp that will elect the Chief Executive, Election Committee Subsector elections |in the same year]. He was re-elected as the Committee member in 2021, and was 2021 [Hong Kong legislative election |later elected] as Legislative Council member.
Lee was also appointed as member of several governmental committees.
During the 2021 Hong Kong legislative election, Lee described himself as an engineer. However, after the elections, in his declaration of interests to the government, Lee declared that his sole job since February 2021 was actually an executive at a parking lot management company.
In November 2023, he was part of a group of lawmakers who said that the 2023 Gay Games may infringe on the national security law.